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April 01, 2015

The Critical Health Status of Mr. Kazemeini Boroujerdi and Denial of Medical Leave

Reports
from Iran,indicated that on Saturday March 28, 2015, Mr.
Kazemini Boroujerdi has a brief meeting with his wife Mrs Akram
Validosti in the second week of Nowruz( Persian New Year). ​ Mr.
Kazemini-Boroujerdi is beginning his tenth year in prison and so far, he has
not been given medical furlough, and the regime authority has actively refused
him any medical care for his ever-worsening multitude of illnesses which have
become chronic. He has also been prohibited from receiving any legal representation.Mr.
Kazemeini Boroujerdi has suffered from various diseases such as heart disease,
respiratory, and also severe osteoporosis due to deprivation from health care, proper
food while he has been under torture constantly. Despite his
ongoing ailments, so far no effective action has been taken to treat his
condition by the prison authorities. His family continues to express
their distress and have repeatedly called for the United Nations to send an
independent physician to examine and treat him.

In
addition, Mr Boroujerdi 's phone calls was strictly limited after he was
transferred from solitary confinement to the Special Clerical ward of Evin
prison (ward 325). He rarely can have a phone conversation with his
family and this is kind of harassment and torture for him. Meanwhile, the
authorities of Special Clerical Court emphasis that for receiving medical
care and treatment, he must retreat from his intellectual positions.